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NewsFishery Protection Duo Go to German Yard
East German shipyard Peene-Werft has won a European tender worth about ¢ 63m to build two state of the art, ocean going fishery protection ships for the German authorities. The order came from the Federal Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (BLE) in Berlin which said 25% of the cost of ...
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News Snip Thames
The UK Environment Agency closed London''s Thames Barrier three times in four days last month to protect the city from flooding.
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Propellers Go Italian
Devon UK based Duncan Propellers Ltd have opened an office and shop in Rovigo, Italy which will handle the sales of propellers and stern gear in that region. The office will also act as a consultancy to solve performance problems for all types of boats.
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Schat-Harding Acquires CleanHull
Lifeboats and davits supplier Schat-Harding has purchased the hull cleaning company CleanHull Norway AS from a group of Norwegian venture investors. CleanHull Norway AS offers cost effective and environmentally friendly ship hull cleaning solutions to its customers. The CleanROVconcept is based on underwater vehicles and technology developed through more than ...
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NewsFoundations Expand for Wind Farm Installer
A2SEA AS, the Danish contractor specialising in the transport, installation and service of offshore wind turbines, has acquired the ''Jumping Jack'' installation barge and related assets from Dutch offshore contractor Mammoet Van Oord BV. The jack-up barge was specially designed to be used or offshore marine installations, foundations and topsides ...
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NewsRamsgate Slipways Back in Action
The barque Julia is seen undergoing sale slipping at the newly reopened yard.Vessels up to 60m in length and 750 tons displacement can be accommodated on the four various sized slipways with accompanying workshops and plant also available. Previous customers included Trinity House, PLA, HM Customs, RNLI, Lapthorn Shipping Co ...
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Boat Tanks Online
Hampshire UK based Tek-Tanks, which builds custom water, waste and fuel tanks from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), has produced an easy to read guide explaining everything boat operators need to know about selecting and designing their tanks.
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Felixstowe Hits 3m
The UK Port of Felixstowe broke through the three million container throughput barrier last year. Hutchison Ports (UK), which operates Felixstowe, said volumes had increased by 10% during 2006, making the planned Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) project more necessary than ever.
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Old Foes at Massvlakte
Port operators Dubai Ports World (DP World) and Singapore''s PSA, which battled it out for control of P& O last year, are expected to contest the concession to run a container terminal on Rotterdam''s new Maasvlakte 2 facility. The 3.5 million TEU terminal will occupy 146 hectares of reclaimed land ...
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NewsVT Halmatic 'Streamlining' Shuts Steel Division
A major strategic review underway at UK boat builders VT Halmatic and a rationalising of its product range has seen the closure of the company''s Steel Division as the focus shifts to composite built military patrol craft. The company has withdrawn from participation in the Seawork 2007 exhibition and expects ...
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NewsRoyal Send-Off for Research Vessel
HRH The Princess Royal formally named the UK''s new £ 40m royal research ship RRS James Cook in a ceremony held earlier this month at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton.
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NewsWWF Calls for Protection of UK 'Marine Hotspots'
A WWF report out last month identifies for the first time, the most important marine locations in the UK in urgent need of protection. The wealth of sea life existing off UK shores and surrounding waters is gradually being degraded by the impacts of human activity. According to the ...
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Big Ship Salvage at ISU Members' Day
The salvage problems surrounding ultra-large vessels will provide the timely focus for the International Salvage Union''s Fourth Associate Members'' Day meeting in London on 7 March.The meeting will be attended by representatives of a high proportion of the ISU''s 43 associate members and 53 full members.
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NewsNorway Goes It Alone on Ballast Water
Norway is to implement strict controls on ballast water management during 2007, applying the standards set down in the IMO Convention on ballast water to ships calling at Norwegian ports, even though it may be many years before the convention comes into force internationally, warns Wikborg Rein, Norwegian maritime law ...
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NewsOcean Business Offers Demo at Sea
Ocean Business 2007 (The ocean technology training and procurement forum) brings a new ocean technology exhibition with in-classroom and on-water training and demonstrations to the national Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK on 27-29 March. An offshore survey conference will take place alongside the exhibition, in which over 100 companies will ...
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NewsNoordhoek Expands Subsea Capabilities
Dutch subsea contractor Noordhoek Offshore BV has purchased a MacArtney Focus - 2 ROTV system to complement the existing fleet of survey platforms and ROV''s. The ROTV will enable Noordhoek to provide a broader range of additional services to the market. In order to optimise vessel utilisation and provide continuity ...
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NewsPopular 'Weasel' Goes Underwater
After introducing their new survey vessel Aquadynamicat Oi06 in London last year, Aquatech have completed the development of their first underwater camera / video system, which was originally conceived in 2005.
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NewsCEDA Dredging Days at Europort Maritime
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has announced that CEDA Dredging Days 2007 will return to the Ahoy Rotterdam exhibition centre, where the conference and exhibition will again be held in conjunction with Europort Maritime 2007 on 6 through 9 November.
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News'Jetsed' Success on Battersea Shoal
Van Oord''s water injection dredger Jetsed arrived in London late last year to dredge the Battersea shoal, which had been moving into the fairway for some time, causing several vessels to ground there in 2005.
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Dredger Boom Sees IHC Add Shipyard
With the global demand for newbuild dredgers now exceeding building capacity, IHC Holland Merwede has rented the former Alblas Scheepsbouw BV yard, situated along the river De Noord at Hendrik Ido Ambacht in the Netherlands.
